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Ambivalent meaning
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings. | Alternately being or having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
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Ambivalent about returning to the country that had expelled their ancestors 400 years earlier, the family must rely on invisibility as a form of protection in Spain.
And I write about how I’m fundamentally ambivalent toward the Sabbath because there’s a lot of times I don’t want to do it.
Cllr Robson said: “With the possible exception of Swanley, who were more ambivalent, everyone was determined the scheme should be opposed.
Conover said she was initially ambivalent about getting involved.
Her family has lived in Aotearoa New Zealand for four generations, and she’s ambivalent at best about her Chinese heritage.
Israel has been ambivalent about Qatar’s proximity to Hamas.
It's a little bit ambivalent.
It’s a short and somewhat ambivalent document, but it did finally put in writing the British Government’s support for "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people".
Ms. Fooden had felt ambivalent about going.
Not all travellers are so ambivalent about their pets.
Their approach to storage is more ambivalent.
The permissive and ambivalent reaction by the international community to the litany of war crimes and flagrant breaches of international law by Israel has been shameful.
We would still have to weather the storm when a negative or ambivalent review came out,” Pike said.
Alexander also said that he has an “ambivalent relationship with the Union Jack” as it can feel “divisive” and “nationalist”.
As word spreads, its emphasis on conservation and climate awareness could serve as a drawing card for job seekers who prefer “green” organizations over those that seemingly remain ambivalent about the planet’s problems.
China's ambivalent stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine reflects its national interests, and is unlikely to significantly change.
Claire Messud tells a complicated and ambivalent tale about her French family’s history in Algeria.
Despite ambivalent feelings about his Russian homeland, Tchaikovsky created a number of works that explicitly honor his country’s national grandeur.
During an interview in downtown on a recent afternoon, Bob Portner of Unity recalled being “overall ambivalent” about the prospect of the church buying it.
For a while, Winwood did indeed seem somewhat ambivalent about going after the brass ring as a solo artist.